(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the new wave of violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine State killing scores of Muslims among them women and children.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the OIC, denounced the fresh acts of violence in Rohingya which led to the death of scores of innocent Rohingya Muslims, injuring many more.
Ihsanoglu said that the latest violence which has taken place when the Muslim world is celebrating their sacred festival of Eid ul Adha, is deplorable and a blatant violation of human rights.
The Secretary General urged the authorities of Republic of the Union of Myanmar to deploy concrete measures to put an end to the aggressive acts against Muslims in Rakhine State and to ensure the safety and security of the lives and property of the Muslim community of Myanmar, to bring the perpetrators before justice and enact a policy of integration and reconciliation between Muslim and Buddhist communities.
He also called for the need to effectively address the core causes of the violence by eliminating the pervasive discrimination practiced against the Rohingya Muslim community whose right of citizenship should be recognized.
The Secretary General reiterated the OIC’s readiness to provide humanitarian assistance and services to the victims of the violence.
Meanwhile Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing said on Friday that 112 people had been killed in the latest clashes between members of the Buddhist Rakhine and the Muslim Rohingya communities. He said 72 people were reported injured, including 10 children.
The Myanmar government says more than 2,800 houses were burned down in the violence.
Communal violence and related abuses by state security forces against Rohingya Muslims began in early June.
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